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setting the pace for tomorrow’s innovations!
Since 2014, the EDF Pulse Start-up Awards have given a helping hand to French and European startups that use new technological solutions to build tomorrow’s world – an electric world that’s smarter, more eco-friendly and better connected. Up for grabs for the winners: a marketing campaign and up to €100,000 of prize money to give their creativity even more of a boost!
« Investors love the EDF Pulse Start-up Awards and know that the winning companies often have a bright future ahead of them. »
Jean-Luc Longeroche - Co-founder and CEO of GEPS Techno, 2017 winner
The categories
How many Awards are given out?
In 2019 :
- 3 Awards given to startups chosen by a Grand Jury of experts and leading figures
- 1 Award given by the public at the end of a voting campaign
Committees of innovation experts from within and outside the Group will choose the most innovative projects – including a Grand Jury of figures from the worlds of research, business and media.
What do the startups win?
- A marketing campaign aimed at the general public to boost visibility
- Depending on the Award, prize money of €30,000 to €100,000 to support their development.
Schedule, Terms & conditions
Registrations are closed - reopening of the inscriptions for the EDF Pulse Start-up Awards early 2020.
of the 2019 edition!
Past winners of the EDF Pulse Start-up Awards
2018 winner in the Smart Home category
Lancey has invented a smart radiator that stores electricity during off-peak hours before releasing it during times of peak consumption.
2017 winner in the Smart City category
Wodoo has developed an augmented wood to build the city of the future – it is translucent, rot-proof, fire-resistant and 3 times stronger than the original wood.
2017 winner in the Smart Business category
GEPS Techno offers autonomous buoys that use renewable marine energy sources to supply power to offshore wind turbines.
2018 winner in the Smart City category
HySiLabs is revolutionising the transport of hydrogen, a promising and low-carbon energy source for the cities of the future.
2017 winner in the Smart Home category
Howz develops sensors that are placed in senior citizens’ homes to monitor activity via their use of electrical devices, ensuring that everything is as it should be.
2016 winner in the Smart Health category
Biomodex prints 3D organs so surgeons can practise before they operate.
EDF Pulse Start-up: Local Editions
In Paris on Thursday the 21st of November 2019, EDF awarded prizes to five winners of the 3rd EDF Pulse Africa competition, which seeks to spotlight and assist African innovators committed to helping the continent grow its energy industry.
EV charging solution wins! The team from ev.energy impressed judges and won EDF Energy’s 2019 Pulse Innovation Challenge with their customer-focussed solution making it simpler, cheaper and greener for drivers to charge electric vehicles at home and on the go.